Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 213, Decatur, Adams County, 10 September 1963 — Page 1

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Kennedy Orders Wallace - r — Halt Interference With Integration Os Schools

John Faurote Heads Red Cross Campaign

John B. Faurote, of St. Mary’s township, was named 1964 Red Cross county fund chairman by acclamation at the quarterly board meeting of the Adams county chapter of the American Red Cross. Faurote had served for several years as chairman of the St. Mary’s township drive, and succeeds Robert M. Kolter, of Preble township, as county fund chairman. The fund drive is held annually in March. The new officers took over officially at this board meeting, with Claren Neuenschwander of Berre, chairman; Ralph Habegger, of Decatur, first vice chairman; and James Briggs, Jr., of Geneva, second vice chairman. 50-Hour Pins Highlight of the meeting was the presentation of 15 Gray Lady pins for service of 50 hours or more. Although the organization is officially less than a year old, 15 have completed more than 50 hours, with four having more than 100 hours. Those who received their pins, and the number of hours which they had when the pins were applied for several weeks ago, are: Mrs. Florence Anderson, 61 hours; Mrs. Clara Bauer, 80 hours; Mrs. Ora Bauer, 103 hours; Mrs. Jeanne Burk, 80 hours; Mrs. Eva Braun, 97 hours; Mrs. Ruth DeBolt, 63 hours; Mrs. Mandy Dierkes 54 hours; Mrs. Lena Flem* ming, 54 hours; Mrs. Donna Marbach, 50; Mrs. LaVeda Pauley, 67; Mrs. Midge Ripley, 54; Mrs. Violet Sheets, 119; Mrs. Wanda Smith, 52; and Mrs. Earleen Steffen, 50. Certificates Presented Gray Lady certificates were presented to a number of ladies, mostly from Berne, who have completed the 12 hours of training. Many have already purchased their Gray Lady uniforms. The next board meeting was set for January 13, and will probably be the meeting for preparing for the fund drive. No time or place was set. Those who would like to attend , the state Red Cross conference at Purdue University Wednesday, October 30, are asked to make reservations with the Red Cross Secretary, Mrs. Wanda Oelberg, at the office. The meeting will start at 9 a. m., and will include dozens of workshops and a general orientation program. There is a $3 fee for registration and luncheon. Blood Service Report Mrs. Ferris Bower, chairman of the Adams county blood program, reported two visits of the bloodmobile since June, with 261 bottles collected, 38 first-time donors, and 250 bottles expected. Mrs. Lowell Harper, chairman of the home service committee, reported 58 active service cases, 11 veterans, and 44 civilians, for a total of 113 cases. There were 16 requests for information, etc., not counted as case, from active service personnel, three from veterans, and 18 from civilians. Loans to servicemen and their families amounted to $330.41, and $240 was repaid. A total of $27.50 was made in grants. Gray Ladies, First Aid The Gray Ladies are now serving the county home, the Berne nursing home, and the Adams county memorial hospital. There are four days each week regularly given in volunteer service in each place, Mrs. Leo Sheets, chairman, reported. Friendly visits, personal services, and acts of thoughtfulness are some of the services of the Grav Lady program. Chief first aid and water safety work has been the first aid stand at the 4-H fair, and the swimming classes held at Berne and Decatur, Gerald R. Durkin, chairman, reported. There were 33 trained volunteers staffing the first aid trailer at the four-day fair. Led bv two trained nutses and six instructors, most

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of these were veterans of severa years experience. Water Safety Classes at the new Berne swimming pool and at Pine lake made 168 awards, compared with 53 last summer. There were 67 beginners, 20 advanced, 39 intermediates, 34 to swimmers, 2 to junior life savers, and six to senior life savers. ■' Classes! were taught by Timothy Roehrs, pool manager; assisted by Sally Brookmeyer and Paul T. Ranes. Mrs. Glen Scholer taught at Pine lake. The Decatur program was led by Hubert Zerkel, Jr., who trained 75 beginners and 11 intermediate pupils, Durkin reported. First aid classes are now being considered, and any group or individual interested should notify the Red Cross office, Durkin concluded. The treasurer’s report was given by Richard Macklin, who took charge of the meeting, and showed the mqyie, “100 Years of Red Cross.” Grabill Is Speaker At Lions Meeting The North Adams community schools, and the five schools which it operates, were described to the Decatur Lions club Monday night by Gail Grabill, superintendent of schools. Grabill explained how the 1959 school corporation reorganization act was the first general reorganization of schools since the constitution of 1851. By the Indiana constitution, public education was reserved to the state. The state, in turn, through its various laws, passed this on to local districts. During the first hundred years, townships were the units for schools. There small areas, six miles by six mites, were as far as a man could comfortably walk and return in a day’s time to transact local business. The county was his horse-riding area. But, today, 100 years later, almost every person has ready access to an auto, and can cover the entire county in a short period. Today, the longest bus route takes less time than it used to take many children to walk to school. Local Authority Granted The state, reorganizing the school districts, allowed quite a bit of leeway to local groups, insisting only that a certain minimum be met for pupils in average daily attendance, find for assessed valuation behind each pupil. After taking the miximum amount of time originally allowed and since extended, the Adams county board came up with a threeunit plan, which was approved by the voters in all three school districts, as provided by law. All three districts are now in operation, with North Adams the last to get started. North Adams still has a vacancy on the board, because the members have not agreed on a fifth member, as provided in the plan. North Adams The neW district operates two high schools, one at Decatur and one at Monmouth, and there are, .presently no plans to close either high school. Grade schools are also operated at Northwest, Southeast, Lincoln, and Monmouth, with junior high'grades at Lincoln and Monmouth. Grabill pointed hut that today there are just three school tax rates in the county, one for each district. The reorganization has ended the- unfair practice of different school rates for areas sending their children to the same schools. It was provided that each taxing unit suport its own schools. Guests at the meeting included Continued on Page 6)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UPI) — President Kennedy out - maneuvered a defiant Gov. George C. Wallace for the second time in three months today and racial integration came for the first time to schools in the Alabama cities of Birmingham, Mobile, and Tuskegee. A stormy demonstration by flagwaving white students erupted at one Birmingham school but police kept the screaming students under control and forced back a crowd of angry adults a block from the scene. Angry white parents began removing their children from several other schools in Birmingham and Tuskegee. When some of the uproar and early morning confusion subsided, 20 Negroes were inside five white schools in the three cities. Wallace, looking refreshed after a few hours sleep, arrived at the state Capitol shortly (after 11 a.m. EDT to survey the situation. His first reaction: “No comment.” Nearly 90 minutes later, a U.S. marshal formally served the governor with a strongly worded federal restraining order. It directed that he cease his interference with integration and maintain the peace in the three cities. Signs Two Orders President Kennedy jerked the rug from under Wallace about 7:15 a.m. by signing two orders. One directed the governor to “cease and desist” from interfering with the court-ordered integration. The second order federalized the 225 battle - garbed National Guardsmen Wallace had sent into all three cities to turn away the 20 Negroes just as his state troopers had done earlier. The guardsmen apparently had not received the word about Kennedy’s federalization order and in Mobile and Tuskegee they showed up to block the entrances. Less than an hour later they were back in their armories and city police took over around the schools in all three cities. By 10:45 a.m. the 20 Negroes had gone inside three schools in Birmingham, one in Tuskegee and one in Mobile. Several white parents in rural Tuskegee promptly began removing their children from classes soon after 13 Negroes put in an appearance at the town’s only white school. Five Negroes entered the three Birmingham schools and two began classes at Murphy High in Mobile. A Noisy Demonstration It was at West End High School where the boisterous demonstration broke out moments after two Negro girls entered the brick building. Almost the entire student body ol 1,500 poured outside on the lawn, shouting and screaming: ‘ Niggers go home.” City police moved in quickly. There were at least 15 arrests of adults and youths at the West End campus and within a two block radius of the school before the demonstration was finally put Continued on Page 6) Charles E. Mumma Dies This Morning Charles E. Mumma, 84, a native and former resident of Adams county, died early this morning at the Crile Veterans hospital in Cleveland, 0., following an extended illness. Born in Root township Sept. 17, 1878, he was a son of John A. and Drusilla Mumma. He was married in 1900 to Cora Barber of near Decatur, who preceded him in death. He was a Spanish-American War veteran, enlisting in Adams county. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. John R. McCague of Fort Wayhe, and Mrs. R. E. Garard of Decatur; two sons, Von Mumma of Cortland, 0., and Wayne Mumma of North Bloomfield, O.; three daughters, Mrs. Robert Miller, Mrs. Parker Triscuit and Mrs. Samuel Martin, all of Warren, O. One son, one daughter, five sisters and one brother are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Thursday at Warren, O.

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House Group Okays sll Billion Tax Cut

WASHINGTON (UPI)-Overrid-ing solid Republican opposition, the House Ways and Means Committee today approved an sll billion tax cut, the biggest in the nation’s history. By a straight party-line vote of 15-10, the committee directed its chairman, Rep. Wilbur D. Mills, D-Ark., to introduce the bill it spent seven months in drafting. The committee scheduled an afternoon meeting at which it planned to formally return the bill to the House with its approval. House passage later this month seems assured. There is considerable doubt that the Senate will complete action this year despite strong pressure from President Kennedy and many influential business leaders. Every individual and corporation would share in the tax relief proposed by the committee. About $7 billion of the relief would take effect on 1964 incomes and the full tax cut would apply to in-

Fall Opening Here Sept. 18

Decatur retail merchants will launch their fall opening Wednesday, Sept. 18, Mns. Kay Bo ch, chairman of the retaiL division of the Chamber, announced at the monthly meeting of the board Monday night. The date along with the entire program with dates for the whole Chamber year, were, given to merchants previously in the little booklet they received when tltey signed up. Ads by Friday Fall opening specials will be announced in advertisements in the Decatur Daily Democrat which will appear Tuesday, Sept. 17. The deadline to get in the ads for the fall opening edition will by this Friday. A special post card will go out this week to remind all merchants. Also discussed at the meeting were plans for the horse show Sunday, Oct. 13, at Bellmont park, east of Decatur. Because the show will be after his field is cleared, the farmer who leases the land Exempts Married Men From Draft WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Kennedy today, in effect, exempted married men from the draft in a move that will relieve an estimated 340,000 young husbands from military service. His executive order provided that husbands of draft age (from 19 through 25) will be called only if the pool of eligible single men is exhausted. Since there is an ample pool of single men, the White House said, the order actually means married men will be draft proof except in case of a national emergency. Kennedy’s decision also reflected the coming of age of those born during the World War II and postwar baby boom. For instance, in 1940, there were 1,211,684 male children born. By 1945, this had increased to 1,404,587. The White House said the action will tend to lower the average age of -a draft inductee, which is now about 23, and let single young men “know sooner whether they will be called to serve.” Fathers already had been deferred since last March. Barring an emergency which would expand draft calls — now running at an average of 6.000 to 7,000 men per month—all draftage married men will now be allowed to remain civilians.

comes in 1965 and thereafter. Republicans lined up solidly against the measure after the committee rejected by a one-vote margin a GOP attempt to make the second stage of the tax cut—that applying to 1965 incomes—contingent upon President Kennedy holding federal spending to specified levels. As the committee acted, Kennedy made a new plea for Congress to pass a tax cut bill this session and without any major modifications. He told the national conference of the Business Committee for Tax Reduction that to wait until next year “would be to court uncertainty, inadequacy and perhaps total failure.” The President said present tax rates hobble the U.S. economy and if the bill is “defeated, diluted or unduly delayed, the adverse consequences would be felt by every family and business in the country.

agreed to permit the show this year. Previously it was understood that no more shows could be held there. Horse Show Plans Ferris Bower, chair man for event, announced that he will begin asking fellow merchants and Decatur people for help during the benefit show, which is being staged to raise money to improve the Decatur Christmas lighting in the business areas of downtown and 13th street. George Litchfield is presently contacting merchants for an advertising brochure to accompany the program for the horse show. The show includes a kid’s pleasure class, keg-bending, stock horse class, western pleasure, flag race, quarter-mile race, Appaloosa costume, pony race, barrel race, Appaloosa pleasure class, speed and action, and obstacle course. Treasurer Dale Morrisseey reported that the retail division had slightly exceeded its budget for the sidewalk sale, which was expected, because new banner signs for member stores were purchased. Suggestion Plan A plan whereby post, cards would be available for each member store, so that its customers could write in suggestions for the store, were discussed. At the July meeting, the board voted to go ahead with such plans. A genera* membership meeting of the retail division will be held Monday, Sept, 30, at the chamber office. All members are urged to attend. Treasurer Morrissey urged all board members to contact immediately any prospective members they have been assigned, and asked that all retailers who have not yet submitted their dues for the year do so as soon as possible. Laura Bosse Renamed To Library Board Mrs. Laura A. Bosse, city clerktreasurer, has been reappointed to the Decatur public library beard by Adams circuit court Judge Myles F. Parrish. Mrs. Bosse is one of three board members appointed by the circuit court judge, and her term is for a period of four years. Other appointees by the judge are Lowell Smith and Mrs Hugh J. Andrews, and also serving on the board are Mrs. L. A. Cowens, Miss Frances Dugan, Raymond Kohne and Dr. John Spaulding.

$5,240 Estimate For Levee Repair The Adams county commissioners received a $5,240 estimate for the repair of the Weidler levee at their meeting Monday. The estimate was prepared by county engineer Walter Gilliom. The estimate covers the cost of. installing a new 60-inch drain pipe under the levee, which keeps more than 600 acres of farmland from being flooded in wet weather. A cowhty road runs across the top of the levee and the members of the levee association had previously asked that the county bear the cost of repairing the pipe, since it replaces a former county bridge located there before the levee was built. The county, because it owns ’he road, is a member of the levee association and helped bear the original cost of the levee. But the commissioners have expressed the belief that the county is not entirely responsible for replacing the pipe. They talked yesterday about bearing a substantial share, probably about 60 per cent, of the cost. They also scheduled a meeting with the officers of the levee association for 9:30 next Monday. At that time they will seek to work out some arrangement for repairing the levee. Roger Yoder and Fred Duff appeared at the meeting to request that the county blacktop the three i miles of county road 20 that lies between state road 27 and county j road 37. The commissioners said that they would keep the request in mind when deciding which roads are to be blacktopped next year. The county blacktops about nine to 12 miles of road each summer. County farm superintendent Charles Morgan appeared at the meeting to request permission to sell several cows from the farm’s herd. The commissioners approved the request. David Moser, of Wabash township. appeared at the meeting and asked the commissioners to have a catch basin installed to prevent flooding on "*the road and fields near his home. The request was referred to county highway supervisor Lawrence Noll for inspection.

John W. Elzey, 96, Dies Monday Night fT3I John W. Elzey John W. Elzey, 96-year-old resident of Bobo, died at 10:45 o'clock Monday night at the Southview nursing home at Bluffton, following an illness of four days. He was born in Brown county, 0., May 26, 1867, the son of Francis M. and Rachel Garrison-Elzey but had resided in Adams county practically his entire life. He was married to Orpha Clymer. Aug 14, 1897. His wife preceded him in death in 1958. Mr. Elzey was a member of the United Brethren church at Bobo. * Surviving are one daughter Mrs. Leota Rash of Columbia City; one son, Vilas D. Elzey of Decatur route 3; three sisters. Mrs. Rose Hocker of Monroe, Mrs. Allice Lamlin of Decatur, and Mrs. Florence French of California: 14 grandchildren; 37 great - grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. One daughter, four brothers and one sister are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the United Brethren church at Bobo, the Rev. John Goodwin officiating. Burial will be in Spring Hill cemetery,. The body was removed to the Winteregg-Linn funeral home, where friends may qall after 7 p.m. today until 11 a.m. Thursday. The body will then be taken to the church to lie 'in state until time of the services

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Students In Saigon Under Arrest Threat

SAIGON, South Viet Nam (Ul’li — Troops and police kept a close watch on student centers today to block any further violent demonstrations by Sou t h Viet Nam’s youth against the government. Students were under threat of arrest if they failed to attend classes. The-- regime of President Ngo Dihn Diem indicated it intended to hold for some time the hundreds of students already rounded up in two riots by high school youths protesting the government suppression of Buddhists ~ and other political opponents. The government said that those older than 20 arrested during | Saturday’s demonstration would be drafted into the army. Those under 20 arc to be detained in "re-education centers.” Most of the 800 at resil'd Saturday ranged

Review Board Cuts Budgets

The Seven-member Adams county tax adjustment board met Monday and approved the budgets cf tlic county, the cities ami the school districts, but made slices from all library and several township budgets. The Decatur library rate was cut from 20 to 17. cents and the Berne library rate was cut from 25 to 23 cents. The Geneva library rate was cut from 28 to 18 cents. The most drastically cut township was Wabash, with eight cents cut from its advertised budget. Its township fund rate was reduced from 15 cents to 11 cents, its fire fighting fund rate from eight to seven cents, its library rate from five cents to four cents and its recreation rate from three cents to one cent. The trustees of Preble and Blue Creek townships had both included school funds in their budgets since the reorganization question had not been completely settled at the time the budgets were prepared and advertised. The board struck the school funds from both of these budgets. The Preble budget had Included $49,000 for tuition and $12,150 for the special school fund. The Blue Creek budget had included $5,282 for tuition and $628 for the special school fund. The St Mary's township poor fund was reduced three cents — from fourteen cents to eleven cents. The Hartford township poor fund was reduced from five cents to three cents. The members of the tax adjustment board, which made these changes, were the mayor of the largest city In the county, Donald INDIANA WEATHER Fair tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy with little temperature change. L*wv tonight 53 to 62. Highs Wednesday 78 to 84. Sunset today 7:02 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday 6:22 a.m. Outlook for Thursday: Partly cloudy with only minor temperature changes. Ix>ws 58 to 64. Highs 78 to 86.

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in age from 13 to 18. . Scores more high school students were arrested Monday alter a wild, fist-swinging, stone-and-furniture throwing riot. Hundreds of youths brawled with more than 1.000 heavily armed troops and police. While observers did not believe the students represented a major threat to the government, they felt the riots were a reflection of th< growing popular discontent with the Diem regime. While troops in the capital were battling students, other army forces were scoring their biggest single victory in months over the Communist Viet Cong guerrillas. Military sources said government troops killed an estimated 80 Reds and wounded 100 more in a battle Monday near. Go Cong, a delta town 30 miles south of Saigon. '

Gage of Decatur; an appointee cf the township trustees, Bob Gay of Decatur; an appointee of the county council, Frank Bohnke of Decatur; and four other apjrpinte.es, two Democrats and two Republicans. The four other apjxiintees are Republican Menno Lehman of Berne, Republican Charles Langston of Decatur, Democrat Louis Reinking of Preble township and Democrat Joseph Anderson of Geneva. The total budget will now be advertised and submitted to representatives of the state tax board in a sjx'cial hearing here in the near future. Approves Bid For Youth Center Roof The recreation board of the Decatur Youth and Community Center approved the only bid it received on repair of the building's roof shortly after noon today. The board received bids at the community building at noon, and the lone bid received was from the C. L. Schust,.. Co., of Fort Wavne, at a price of $2,750. The bid was approved by the recreation board, and will now be forwarded to the city council for its action on the bid at the council’s Sept. 17 meeting. If approved by the city council, a contract will be awarded to Schust Co. for furnishing labor and material for repairing the portion of the Community Center roof which is west of the auditorium. The portion of the roof above the auditorium was recently repaired by the same Schust company, at a coast of under $2,000. The city council had appropriated $6,000 for repair of the entire roof. What will be actually be done is repairing the old roof and then placing a new roof above it, over the entire building. A 20-year guarantee bond will be furnished for the new roof.